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Cookie Sheet Chore Charts

The day has finally come! My boys are getting old enough to start doing real chores and helping around the house. Hallelujah! I’ll take whatever help I can get these days. ha! Although I have to say now that we’ve had chore charts, I’m kinda thinking its more work getting them to do their chores than it would be if I actually did them myself….just saying. I whipped up these snazzy Cookie Sheet chore charts, complete with magnet pictures for each chore they should complete each day. {they’re both non-readers so I went the picture route.}

This craft was my first laminated craft {check out my instagram!} and I am now addicted to laminating!

I am loving the structure of having official chore charts and helping the boys work towards a goal/prize. We’ve used these for 2 weeks and so far they’ve earned 1 reward. They went camping in the backyard with Daddy. They were in heaven! Which helped motivate them to work harder on completing their chores each day to earn the next reward.

I love that cookie sheets are magnetic, so it made this project super cheap and easy to make!

Print out a free chore chart and progress chart printable of your choice and use the laminator and laminating pouches to laminate the sheets.

Spray paint the cookie sheet using 2-3 coats of paint. Set aside and allow it to dry thoroughly.

Use a 1-inch circle punch to punch out the pictures of each chore, leaving the progress chart in tact.

Using a hot glue gun, adhere one chore picture to one magnet. Repeat until all chore pictures have a magnet on the back.

Use a die cutter to cut 2-inch letters to spell your child’s name with the cardstock. Then, use the die cutter to cut 2-inch letters to spell out “To Do” and “Done” with the card stock.

Adhere the letters of your child’s name to the top of the cookie sheet using the quick-dry adhesive.

TIP: You can use washi tape to help apply the letters straight.

Apply strips of washi tape in the color of your choice to the cookie sheet in an “I” shape. Use the scissors to trim off the excess. If you don’t mind an uneven edge on your washi tape, you can simply tear it instead of cutting with scissors.

Use the quick-dry adhesive to adhere the “To Do” and “Done” letters to the cookie sheet in the two rectangles that you created with washi tape in Step 7.

Cut around the progress chart at the bottom of the free printable and apply to the cookie sheet with hot glue.

Let your child pick out a Scotch Expressions Decal that represents the prize they are working to earn. For example, use the Backwoods designs to indicate a camping trip to work towards.

Have your child adhere the decal to the end of the progress chart as a reminder of the goal. Since the decals are removable, they can choose different ones each week to represent new prizes.

Use a drill to create two holes in the top handle of the cookie sheet. Thread ribbon through the holes and tie in a bow. Then hang on the wall.

NOTE: Be sure to follow manufacturers’ guidelines for using drill and always use safety glasses when using power tools.

As your child completes chores in the “To Do” section, move the magnets to the “Done” section and move the letter one space to the right in the progress chart.

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This is really neat. I like how the bottom of it is almost ‘board game’ like in moving your piece forward toward the goal. My son is only 3 1/2 so chores aren’t something we have really gotten into yet, but very soon. Board games, however, have been a recent find for him and he is loving them. Maybe I could try something with a Candy Land theme for him… Thanks for sharing!

I was just curious—did you have to prime or sand the cookie sheets before you painted them so the magnets would stick or did you just paint them as is? If so, any recommendations for a specific kind of cookie sheet? Should you avoid non-stick?

Bring a magnet with you when you go buy your cookie sheets! Many are aluminum, and are not magnetic. You’ll absolutely need steel cookie sheets for this. Better to find out BEFORE you buy and paint them!

Hi, I’m sure I’m just missing it but I love this and I just don’t see the link to the chart. I would love to make this for my nieces. I swear I’m looking at your tutorial no where do I see a link to the chart. Thanks so much and sorry for wasting your time!

These are very cute but I had a problem. The paint scratched off as soon as a magnet touched it, pretty much. The non-stick surface of the pan worked so well that the paint wouldn’t adhere to it either. How did you get around this problem?

My cookie sheets were really cheap ones, so apparently the non-stick feature doesn’t really work lol. I posted this last summer and I haven’t had a problem the with paint peeling at all. So sorry about yours! Try using a primer or lightly sanding the surface prior to painting.

Hi Linda, I am a teacher and really love this cookie tray idea of yours. I am going to use this in class to make word building and maths much easier while working in the carpet area. Thanks a lot for your creative ideas.

I love this! I just made it for my little guy, and he loves doing chores because of this. However, I am having to re-glue the chores to the magnets. I just made this like a week ago and I have had to re-glue at least half of them. Any ideas on how to stop this?

Ok so i don’t know if anyone else had this problem but I got all the way to the part where you put the magnets on the chart to start using it and immediately the paint would come off every time the magnet hit the metal of the cookie sheet…. then after a few times the little pictures would come off the magnets! Great idea but I am having trouble with the execution! Do you have any pointers because I am really bummed that I got all the stuff and did all the work and now it’s a mess! Super bummed.

Hi Rachel! That stinks! Did you use spray paint rated for metal? Not all spray paints are. I have not had the issue with the paint. But a few of the pictures have fallen off our magnets as well. I have found that if I use a small dot of hot glue and press it firmly immediately after so that the glue is very thin, it seems to hold it better. Hope that helps!!

That is an excellent question. I do not know if a Cameo can cut laminated material. I kinda think it would be too thick. You could contact Silhouette customer service and if they don’t know, they’ll try on their test machines so you don’t hurt yours :)

I had the same problem and i am working with 20 cookie sheets for a group of girls. I primed first and then used color over the primer and the slightest nick scratched it up. So i would imagine that magnets would really scratch it up. I went back a sanded off most of the primer and am wondering if “roughing it” up a bit will help. Tomorrow i will call the company to see if they have any suggestions.

Hello and thank you for such a great project.
BUT…ugh…the Rustoleum Primer scratched very easily and the color i put over it, scratched up too. I am doing a project for 20 little girls, so i went back and sanded off most of the primer to “rough up” the cookie sheets to see if the primer and paint will adhere better.
Any suggestions?

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